Cisco Secure Workload up to 3.5.1.30 Web-based Management Interface/API Subsystem os command injection

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Cisco Secure Workload. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Web-based Management Interface/API Subsystem. Such manipulation leads to os command injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2022-20652. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Secure Workload. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Web-based Management Interface/API Subsystem. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface and in the API subsystem of Cisco Tetration could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary commands to be executed with root-level privileges on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted HTTP message to the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands with root-level privileges. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need valid administrator-level credentials.Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

The advisory is shared for download at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-20652 since 11/02/2021. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 11/15/2024). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1202.

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Vendor

• Cisco

Name

• Secure Workload

Version

• 1.102.21
• 1.103.1.12
• 2.0.1.34
• 2.0.2.20
• 2.1.1.29
• 2.1.1.31
• 2.1.1.33
• 2.2.1.35
• 2.2.1.39
• 2.2.1.41
• 2.3.1.41
• 2.3.1.45
• 2.3.1.49
• 2.3.1.50
• 2.3.1.51
• 2.3.1.52
• 2.3.1.53
• 3.1.1.53
• 3.1.1.54
• 3.1.1.59
• 3.1.1.61
• 3.1.1.65
• 3.1.1.67
• 3.1.1.70
• 3.2.1.18
• 3.2.1.19
• 3.2.1.20
• 3.2.1.28
• 3.3.2.2
• 3.3.2.5
• 3.3.2.12
• 3.3.2.16
• 3.3.2.23
• 3.3.2.28
• 3.3.2.33
• 3.3.2.35
• 3.3.2.42
• 3.3.2.50
• 3.3.2.53
• 3.4.1.1
• 3.4.1.6
• 3.4.1.14
• 3.4.1.19
• 3.4.1.20
• 3.4.1.28
• 3.4.1.34
• 3.4.1.35
• 3.5.1.1
• 3.5.1.2
• 3.5.1.17
• 3.5.1.20
• 3.5.1.23
• 3.5.1.30

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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